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tansternant wrote:I'm so surprised you took the time to rant Pimps - that is just not like youTheScarletPimpernel wrote:When you put it off as a limited engagement, it seems like ... it was a success. And it was a major failure.khackdrums wrote:Sorry, an innocent mistake on my part. Reviews? Reviews are the last thing on a collector's mind when requesting a Playbill. Most of us request them for other reasons. In the case of Guy's and Doll's, many of us requested a Playbill because Oliver Platt and Lauren Graham signed it. Two wonderful actors. It is a great addition to any collection!
Khackdrums
Reviews/status of a production are extremely important to collecting playbills. If you have a Phantom of the Opera playbill -- who cares, there are well over 500 million probably, ... so it's not rare/that valueable. Lion King? No...most of the cast are dancers. A Tale of Two Cities...the musical? Valueable: Flop, only ran for two months - previews in this case even more rare because of cut songs. And then there are valueable ones like Curtains, which although ran for a year, still flopped, but starred a Tony Winner/TV Star (Hyde Pierce), two other Tony Award nominees (Monk & Ziemba) and an American-Broadway-justAsManyCreditsInLondon-star (Jill Paice)...
Rant Time:
Also I count anyone who asks the stage manager for a signed playbill for the sole purpose of getting two celebrities, who got pretty bad reviews themselves, just incredibly lazy. You could have easily sent a request to Platt and asked him for Graham's autograph as well. I would LOVE to know what you/other people write in your requests..."Hi. I'm a big fan of Guys and Dolls. I have the Cast Recording and don't stop listening to it. Lauren Graham, in case you didn't know was in my favourite TV show: Gilmore Girls. Also, I love Oliver Platt. Can I have a cast-signed playbill?" I'm surprised they must answer to that ... if I was stage manager I wouldn't (especially since half that info is false). And also: Craig Bierko was in it, wasn't he in that Scary Movie 4??
I am very passionate about the future of theatre (although an abundance of performers - not even money is flowing in to put butts into seats to pay for them, nor not enough producers who are willing to put up millions to have it potentially crash down) - it's dieing out again, and not sure what else can go through to pump it back up again - the music has changed extensively from the styles of the 1980s which put people back in the theatres (Cats, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon..etc.) to the '90s with a mixture of contemporary and theatre sounding (Jekyll & HYDE, SideShow, ReNT, Aida..etc) to now very modern poppy-sometimes-rock-sometimes-hip-hop-esque (In the Heights, Legally Blonde, Next to Normal..etc.). No one wants the old stuff (A Tale of Two Cities closed extra fast) anymore, and there's only so much they can try and are now going back to impress people with expensive and elaborate sets, with extra high ticket prices (in 2007, you could pay $110 for shows like Legally Blonde and Les Miserables revival...in 2010, expect to pay atleast $135-$150 for a show like Spiderman; even at half off, for $150, that's $75 at the TKTS both potentially ... in 1997-2001, Jekyll & HYDE's top ticket price WAS $75. Of course you expect them to raise...but $40 in two years as opposed to $35 in 7 years).
On top of it, the union needs money to pay for all the people's medical needs, not to mention their charity which is always in need of money - BC/EFA, which is why many have been requesting donations. Every year I donate $25...it's not that hard, and you get to pick your show that it goes to -- even potentially being able to win tickets / signed posters/playbills. It's like buying 3 things of stamps... Therefore, I have NO idea why they haven't started charging for signed playbills TTM. Perhaps complication, but I figure it's only a matter of time..................
And yes khack, I am done. Sorry :neutral: . Just trying to make a point.
.) GOod luck!
